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Tennessee Cemeteries

Tennessee got its nickname when a lot of volunteer soldiers of Tennessee showed valor during the 1812 Battle of New Orleans. Tennessee got its name from Yuchi Indian word 'Tana-see" which meant The Meeting Place.

Tennessee is where the largest aquarium facility is found. The Tennessee Aquarium is the home of thousands of fresh water creatures. When in Tennessee, you can enjoy skiing any season of the year at Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort in Gatlinburg; the world's biggest artificial skiing resort. It is five acres in size so you can have the same level of experience as doing it in a natural environment. State of Tennessee is also home of about 3,800 caves which had been documented.

Tennessee has produced two of the world's greatest singers; the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton Aretha Franklin and Tina Turner. Other famous Tennesseans are Morgan Freeman, Al Gore, Jr., Benjamin L. Hooks, Davy Crockett and Alvin York.

Tennessee Cemetery News

After 65 years, World War II veteran gets grave marker at Tennessee cemetery
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) A World War II veteran finally has a grave marker 65 years after he died. Amateur military historian Allen Jackson placed the marker at the burial site of William Jennings Brien Jr., in Oak Hill Cemetery in Johnson City ...http://www.wreg.com/news/sns-ap-tn--veteran-gravemarker,0,813121.story

Top 8 Plantations and Antebellum Homes in Nashville, Tennessee
Blood stains are still apparent on the floors. In the immediate aftermath of the battle, plantation owners John and Carrie McGavock, gave two acres of their land to become a cemetery. Almost 1,500 soldiers who died in the Battle of Franklin are buried there.http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5931428/top_8_plantations_and_antebellum_homes_pg2.html

Volunteers clean up Hollywood Cemetery
The cemetery board president described volunteers who felt vested ... 2 of 2) Another volunteer, Susan Hamilton, teaches mathematics at the University of Tennessee Martin. She moved back to Jackson with her 16-year-old daughter after living in Australia ...http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20101107/NEWS01/11070312/1002/rss

Civil War Sites and Stones River Battlefield in Nashville, TN Area
Nashville, Tennessee is one city that has its share of Civil War sites ... In addition to the battlefield visitors may want to see the Stones River National Cemetery and Fortress Rosecrans. The Fortress covers more than 200 acres and was designed to ...http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5929004/civil_war_sites_and_stones_river_battlefield.html

Cemetery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term cemetery (from Greek : sleeping place) implies that the land ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cemetery

Cemetery Records Online - Search Cemeteries
An archive of cemetery records from tens of thousands of cemeteries across the world. Search for cemetery records, browse cemeteries, and contribute your ...http://www.interment.net/

Cemetery Lookup - Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and ...
Find A Grave currently contains information for over 300000 cemeteries in over 170 different countries. Find A Grave has at least a partial listing of ...http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cs

xkcd: Cemetery
[[A person is in a cemetery, near a gravestone. Other people stand around staring.]] Person: Frankly, you deserve this. You KNEW I wanted a sans-serif font, ...http://xkcd.com/736/

Rutherford County, TNCemeteries
This cemetery is located in the Vine Quadrangle in Wilson County. ... Rutherford County TNCemeteries is now a proud member of The Association of ...http://rutherfordcemetery.wordpress.com/

Crockett County, TNCemeteriesCemeteries. Many of the inventories listed on this page were compiled many years ago, and are from a cemetery book at the Crockett County TN Memorial Library. ...http://tn-roots.com/tncrockett/cemetery/cemetery.html

Inventory of Cemeteries, Dyer Co., TN
Inventory of cemeteries located in Dyer County TN...Cemeteries. James Woodley, who did most of the cemetery inventories on this web site, passed away May 23, 2005, ...http://tn-roots.com/tndyer/cemetery/cemetery.html

Elmwood Cemetery (Memphis, Tennessee) - Wikipedia, the free ...
For other places with the same name, see Elmwood Cemetery (disambiguation) ... Historic Elmwood Cemetery is the oldest active cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee. ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmwood_Cemetery_(Memphis,_Tennessee)